On June 28, history was made by aircraft maintenance engineers.  In spite of being the most recent employee group to unionize, they have become the first ever workers to strike in WestJet’s 28-year history. 

Gradually and then suddenly, the U.S. has found itself beset by that same affliction which its arrogant leaders believed it was uniquely immune. Instability has made its return to the United States—and in rapid fashion.

The revolutionary masses have overthrown Hasina, ending her 16 years of brutal rule!

Pierre Poilievre was given time to speak at the most recent Assembly of First Nations general assembly. This demonstrates that there is a layer of Indigenous capitalists who are seeking rapprochement with the system to get a piece of the pie for themselves.

The killing of Hamas’ main leader and chief negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran, Iran is part of a cynical attempt by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to provoke an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East just so that he can stay in power. In this he can count on the complicity of Western imperialism, which allows him to remain in office as their main reliable ally in the region.

A few days after the town was ravaged by wildfire, Conservative Premier Danielle Smith held a press conference where she waxed lyrical about the “magic of Jasper” in between suppressed sobs. But she has no right to cry over a tragedy, when she defends the system that caused it.

At this year’s NATO conference, Canada was pushed to commit more to the imperialist arms race. 

But the money to pay for these new weapons will not fall from the sky. It will mean cuts to schools, healthcare and other services that workers depend on.

We demand the unconditional release of Talha Mahmud Chowdhury, along with all other students who are being detained by Sheikh Hasina’s regime.

Talha’s next hearing is on 7 August. In the run up to this date, we call on all our comrades, readers and supporters to contact their Bangladesh embassies, high commissions and diplomatic missions to demand Talha’s immediate release, along with all other student detainees.

This fall, we have an opportunity to take the Palestine solidarity movement to the next level. Hundreds of thousands of students will be flooding onto Canadian campuses. Many of them will be thinking about the fact that their university is invested in the Israeli war machine. 

The situation in Venezuela is developing very quickly after Sunday’s election.